Joe Lewis is the Head of Comedy, Drama, and Virtual Reality for Amazon Studios, where he oversees the development and production of acclaimed Amazon Originals such as Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Catastrophe, and more.

The cognitive system IBM Watson and its powerful machine learning have been put to use for everything from business applications to creating recipes. Nancy Pearson explores how Watson can be used as a creative tool and put to use by human storytellers.

Felix Barrett's productions transform existing architectural spaces into interactive theater pieces in order to disrupt the traditional, formulaic, and passive theater model. They demand the attention of all five senses.

Founding Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University

Jameel Jaffer is the founding director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, which works to protect and expand the freedoms of speech and the press through strategic litigation, research, and public education.